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Netflix Is Offering Free Access to Select Original Movies and Series, Even Without an Account

Netflix is offering limited free access to several original series and movies, including Stranger Things, Murder Mystery, Élite, Boss Baby: Back in Business, Bird Box, When They See Us, Love Is Blind, The Two Popes, Our Planet, and Grace and Frankie. You don’t even need a Netflix account. from Gadgets 360
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Onam 2020: Ram Nath Kovind, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah wish public on occasion of harvest festival

President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and home minister Amit Shah on Monday offered their greetings to the public on the occasion of Onam. Modi called Onam, a harvest festival that is celebrated in Kerala, a unique festival that celebrates harmony. "Greetings on Onam. This is a unique festival, which celebrates harmony," he tweeted. "It is also an occasion to express gratitude to our hardworking farmers. May everyone be blessed with joy and best health." The prime minister also posted a clip of his mention of the festival in his Mann Ki Baat broadcast on Sunday. In the clip, Modi had noted in the address that Onam is increasingly turning out to be an international festival, with the festival now being celebrated abroad. Greetings on Onam. This is a unique festival, which celebrates harmony. It is also an occasion to express gratitude to our hardworking farmers. May everyone be blessed with joy and best health...
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Palghar lynching case: Three police personnel dismissed from service; 154 people arrested over incident

Palghar: Three police personnel have been dismissed from service in connection with the Palghar mob lynching case in Maharashtra, a senior official said on Sunday. These police personnel include assistant police inspector Anandrao Kale, who was in-charge of Kasa Police Station in Palghar when the incident took place on 16 April, the official said. Two others are assistant sub-inspector Ravi Salunke and constable Naresh Dhodi, he said. "The Inspector General (IG) of Police, Konkan Range dismissed the trio from service through an order issued on Saturday," the official added. These three police personnel, along with their five other colleagues, had been placed under suspension following the incident, he said. Two seers and their driver were lynched by a mob at Gadchinchale village in Palghar on 16 April when they were travelling in a car to Surat (Gujarat) to attend a funeral amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The victims were identified by the police as Chikne Mahar...
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IIT Indore introduces course delving into classical sciences, mathematics texts in Sanskrit

The Indian Institute of Technology in Indore has introduced a unique course to impart mathematical and scientific knowledge from ancient texts in Sanskrit, an official said on Saturday. Titled " Understanding Classical Scientific Texts of India in an Immersive Sanskrit Environment" , the course was started to in a bid to expose the present generation to ancient knowledge, the official from the institute said. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-sponsored quality improvement programme began on 22 August and will continue till 2 October with a total of 62 hours of online classes, he said. Over 750 candidates from all over the world were participating in the course, he added. “Ancient texts of India, originally composed in Sanskrit, have a rich heritage of mathematical and scientific knowledge and the present generation is unaware of this. We started this course to make them aware of this ancient knowledge in Sanskrit itself,” said professor Neelesh Kumar,...
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Dr Padmavati passes away at 103: Eminent doctor, popularly called 'godmother of cardiology in India', succumbs to COVID-19

New Delhi: Noted cardiologist Dr S Padmavati has died at 103 due to COVID-19, the National Heart Institute said on Sunday. She was undergoing treatment at NHI for the past 11 days, doctors said. "Dr S Padmavati, an eminent cardiologist, rather the first female cardiologist of India, popularly known as ''God Mother of Cardiology'' passed away on August 29 due to COVID-19 infection," the NHI said in a statement. Founder of NHI, she was born in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1917, a year before the world was hit by the Spanish Flu pandemic. "She was admitted with COVID-19 and had breathing difficulty and fever. She developed pneumonia in both lungs and needed ventilator support. However, she sustained a cardiac arrest and passed away," the NHI said. Dr Padmavati was cremated at the designated COVID-19 crematorium at Punjabi Bagh on Sunday, it said. She had migrated to India in 1942 during World War II. She graduated from the Rangoon Medical College and w...
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India registers 1,55,233 new cases over the weekend; total caseload crosses 35 lakh

07:49 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India reported 1,55,233 new cases over the weekend A week after India's coronavirus cases crossed 30 lakh, the total cases on Sunday raced past 35 lakh, with a record single-day spike of 78,761 cases. This is also the biggest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, according to news agency The Associated Press. The COVID-19 count in India crossed 34 lakh on Saturday after 76,472 more cases were reported in the past 24 hours, said the health ministry. With 1,021 more patients succumbing to the contagious disease, the toll reached 62,550.  07:43 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates SC judge cites sufferings due to COVID, declines farewell invitations Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra, who is superannuating on 2 September, has declined farewell invitations of bar bodies citing "severe situation and sufferings the world over" on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice Mishra, who became a...
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Coronavirus Updates: No lockdown in Odisha for 12 days in September to aid JEE, NEET examinees, says govt

00:06 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Delhi  Latest Updates Longer halting time for trains, less people in lifts: Delhi Metro's new normal plans Limiting number of people in lifts and longer halting time for trains at stations to allow commuters to board and alight with social distancing norms, are among the measures the Delhi Metro will take to ensure safer travel for its passengers, when services resume on 7 September. The guidelines issued by the Central Government on resumption of metro services next month came on a day when Delhi recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,954 COVID-19 cases in August till now. The Delhi Metro has been closed since 22 March in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full report here 23:40 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in  Odisha  Latest Updates No lockdown in  Odisha  for 12 days in September The Odisha government on Saturday said there will be no lockdown in the entire state for 12 days til...
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'Recall Prashant Bhushan contempt verdict': Ahead of SC decision on quantum of sentence, 122 students pen open letter

A day before the Supreme Court is slated to pronounce its decision on the quantum of sentence  for Prashant Bhushan, who was convicted for contempt of court, 122 students have penned an open letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justice Arun Mishra seeking that the judgment be reconsidered, according to several media reports. A group of 'vigilant students' write an open letter to CJI and Justice Arun Mishra seeking reconsideration of the contempt verdict against Prahsant Bhushan, stating that they are staring for "judicial accountability and reforms". @pbhushan1 pic.twitter.com/SreXqwzZAa — Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) August 30, 2020 Bhushan, who was convicted for contempt of court on 14 August over his tweets criticising the judiciary, is facing imprisonment of up to six months or a fine of up to Rs 2,000 or both under the Contempt of Court Act. Justice Mishra, who is demitting office on 2 September, will head the bench that is set to pronoun...
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Indian Army Junior Commissioned Officer killed in firing along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri

Jammu:  A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was killed on Sunday in a firing  along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. The firing from across the border started soon after the Indian Army noticed some suspicious movement along the LoC in Nowshera sector, sources said. They said the Indian troops retaliated strongly and in the exchange of firing, a JCO was hit by a bullet and later succumbed to injuries. The cross-border firing was going on when the last reports came in, the sources said, adding further details are awaited. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3lx1Qra
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PM's Mann Ki Baat: Time to be vocal about local toys, India can become hub for world, says Narendra Modi

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India has talent and ability to become a toy hub for the entire world and called upon startups to work towards realising this potential while being "vocal about local toys". He said the global toy industry is over Rs 7 lakh crore but India's share is very small, as he stressed on the need to work to increase it. Modi called upon start-up entrepreneurs to ''team up for toys'' and said it is time to get vocal for local toys. In his monthly ''Mann Ki Baat'' broadcast, the prime minister also said people have shown an unprecedented restraint and simplicity in their festivals during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also hailed farmers for increase in sowing area for different grains. "This is a time for festivals but at the same time, there is also a sense of discipline among people due to the COVID-19 situation... There is a close link between nature and our festivals," Modi said. ...
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Sushant Singh Rajput death: CBI summons Rhea Chakraborty for third round of questioning

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) called actress Rhea Chakraborty for the third consecutive day on Sunday for questioning in the case of death of her boyfriend and filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput, a police official said. The 28-year-old actor is accused of abetting Rajput's suicide. The CBI also called her brother Showik Chakraborty for the fourth day in a row for questioning in the case, the official said. Chakraborty and her brother reached the DRDO guest house at Kalina in Santacruz, where the probe team is stationed, around 10.30 am, he said. A Mumbai Police vehicle escorted the car in which the two arrived at the guest house, he said. Rajput's manager Samual Miranda and domestic help Keshav also reached the guest house in the morning. Earlier, Chakraborty was questioned for nearly 10 hours on Friday and allowed to return home under police escort as a large number of media personnel were present outside her building. She was quizzed for around seven hours on S...
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